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==Survey on Instructional strategies using “Sugar” learning platform==

==Survey on Instructional strategies using “Sugar” learning platform==

===Consent===

===Consent===

You are being asked to participate in a research study conducted by Walter Bender from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). The purpose of the study is to get feedback from teachers who have been using the Sugar learning platform—the software that runs on the OLPC-XO-1 laptop. You were selected as a potential participant in this study because you have been using Sugar as part of Project Ceibal in Uruguay. You should read the information below before deciding whether or not to participate in the survey.  

You are being asked to participate in a research study conducted by Walter Bender from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). The primary purpose of the study is to get feedback from teachers who have been using the Sugar learning platform—the software that runs on the OLPC-XO-1 laptop—to help Sugar Labs prioritise resources amongst already identified issues and to identify any further needs. It is also an opportunity to gather success stories and failure points. The Sugar Labs team would like your help to translate the survey results into actionable items.

 

As a secondary goal, this consent section also permits academic research institutions in the USA to more easily participate with the project and understand the collected information.

 

You were selected as a potential participant in this study because you have been using Sugar as part of Project Ceibal in Uruguay. You should read the information below before deciding whether or not to participate in the survey.  

Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We expect that the survey will take about 15 minutes, however you have the right not to answer any question and to stop participating in the survey at any time and for any reason.  

Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We expect that the survey will take about 15 minutes, however you have the right not to answer any question and to stop participating in the survey at any time and for any reason.  

You will not be compensated for participating in this survey.  

You will not be compensated for participating in this survey.  

The information you tell us will remain anonymous and confidential. Only aggregate results will be published.  

The information you tell us will remain anonymous and confidential. Only aggregate results will be published.

 

Please contact Walter Bender (walter -AT- media.mit.edu) with any questions or concerns.  

Please contact Walter Bender (walter -AT- media.mit.edu) with any questions or concerns.  

If you feel you have been treated unfairly, or you have questions regarding your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Chairman of the Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, M.I.T., Room E25-143b, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, phone +1-617-253-6787 or by email (mede -AT- med.mit.edu).

If you feel you have been treated unfairly, or you have questions regarding your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Chairman of the Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, M.I.T., Room E25-143b, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, phone +1-617-253-6787 or by email (mede -AT- med.mit.edu).

===Background===

===Background===

How comfortable are you using computers in your classroom? (very uncomfortable 12345 very comfortable)

How comfortable are you using computers in your classroom? (very uncomfortable 12345 very comfortable)

Learners access to computers is important because they need to learn how to use programs such as word processors to participate in a technological world. (disagree 12345 agree)  

Learners access to computers is important because they need to learn how to use programs such as word processors to participate in a technological world. (disagree strongly 12345 strongly agree)  

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

Learners access to computers is important because computers can be a tool to think with, they facilitate problem solving, open-ended discovery, and deep thinking. (disagree 12345 agree)

Learners access to computers is important because computers can be a tool to think with, they facilitate problem solving, open-ended discovery, and deep thinking. (strongly disagree 12345 strongly agree)

As a result of my participation in Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

As a result of my participation in Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

It is important that computers provide an easy entry for first-time users. (disagree 12345 agree)  

It is important that computers provide an easy entry for first-time users. (strongly disagree 12345 strongly agree)  

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

It is important that computers support more complicated tasks as a users competence grows. (disagree 12345 agree)  

It is important that computers support more complicated tasks as a users competence grows. (strongly disagree 12345 strongly agree)  

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)

Another feature of Sugar is that it maintains a journal (or diary) of the student's work.

Another feature of Sugar is that it maintains a journal (or diary) of the student's work.

Do your students use the Journal? (never 12345 at least once per day)

Do your students use the description field in the Journal to make notes about their work? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)

 

Do they use the description field in the Journal to make notes about their work? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)

Do they use the title field in the Journal to change the title of the entry? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)

Do your students use the title field in the Journal to change the title of the entry? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)

How often do you look at your student's Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)

How often do you look at your student's Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)

How often do you look at your student's parents look at the Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)

How often do your student's parents look at their child's Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)

===Sugar View Source===

===Sugar View Source===

Sugar is free and open-source software, designed to be modified by the user.

Sugar is free and open-source software, designed to be modified by the user.

Have you ever looked at any of the Sugar software? (never 12345 many times)

Have you ever looked at how any of the Sugar software is programmed? (never 12345 many times)

Have your students ever looked at any of the Sugar software? (never 12345 many times)

Have your students ever looked at any of the Sugar software? (never 12345 many times)

How satisfied have parents and the community been with Sugar? (very unsatisfied 12345 very satisfied)   

How satisfied have parents and the community been with Sugar? (very unsatisfied 12345 very satisfied)   

The Project Ceibal has resulted in (disagree 12345 agree)

The Project Ceibal has resulted in (strongly disagree 12345 strongly agree)

# Reduced absenteeism  

# Reduced absenteeism  

# Greater engagement by children  

# Greater engagement by children  

# Increased involvement by parents  

# Increased involvement by parents  

# School becomes the center of the community  

# School becomes the center of the community  

# Development of a sharing culture (child to child, school to community, teacher to parent)  

# Development of a sharing culture (child ↔ child, school ↔ community, teacher ↔ parent, child ↔ family, etc.)  

# Better results than with computers in the classroom  

# Better results than with computers in the classroom

===Follow up===

===Follow up===

Would you be willing to engage in a discussion with other teachers in an on-line forum? (yes/no)

Would you be willing to engage in a discussion with other teachers in an on-line forum? (yes/no)

If yes, which of the forums would be most apt for such a discussion (check one or more boxes)  

If yes, which of the forums would be most suitable for such a discussion (check one or more boxes)  

Do you have additional ideas about how to get more teachers involved?

Do you have additional ideas about how to get more teachers involved?